MORRISTOWN: Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi, Esq., Chief William Schievella and the Prosecutor's Office Intelligence Crime Task Force Unit will be offering a three-day training program to provide both law enforcement and non-law enforcement professionals with valuable training on gang activity and awareness.

The Gang Recognition and Awareness Seminar as well as the Gang Prevention and Intervention class will be held at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dreyfuss Building, 285 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ.

The seminar will be divided up with the first day, June 15, geared to non-law enforcement professionals and day two and three on June 16 and 17 will strictly be limited to law enforcement.

The training will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on each of the scheduled days at the campus and attendance is by R.S.V.P. only.

Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi said, "I am pleased to partner with the New Jersey Gang Investigators Association and Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Park-Madison campus to offer this free training program. It is important to reach out beyond our law enforcement community and open the doors to those professionals in education, the private sector, public safety, security, and our mental health counselors and medical care providers to provide this important training. The curriculum will include the most up-to-date information about street gangs operating throughout New Jersey with our prime focus on Morris County.

"Our goal is to stop gang involvement and provide a lesson plan to help civilians identify gang activity and show other professionals how to identify gang involvement in order to report and prevent such activity in our area.

"This is both an educational and preventive forum. We are aggressively educating all levels of government and the public -- our eyes and ears in the community -- so that Morris County can proactively stay ahead of the curve to ensure the county remains a safe place to live and so that our children do not fall prey to the underbelly of gang life."

Anyone who may have an interest may contact the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Intelligence Crime Task Force for screening at (973) 631-5335. Law Enforcement Identification is required for the 6/16 and 6/17 program and you must be previously registered for the 6/15/09 program. Seating is limited.